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Kanji Detail for 怒 - "to be angry"

怒

  • Meaning

    怒 means "to be angry." Also associated with intense, to strive.

    1. To be angry - To become upset.

    2. Intense - Having force; powerful.

    3. To strive - To rouse one's spirit.

  • Words using 怒

    • 怒り いかり Listen anger; rage; fury
    • 怒る おこる Listen to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper
    • 怒らせる おこらせる Listen to make (someone) angry; to anger; to offend
    • 激怒 げきど Listen rage; fury
    • 怒鳴り込む どなりこむ Listen to storm in with a yell
    • 怒涛 どとう Listen surging waves; raging billows; turbulent

  • Four-character idioms with 怒

    • 喜怒哀楽 きどあいらく Listen human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings
    • 怒髪衝天 どはつしょうてん Listen being in a towering rage; boiling with rage
    • 狂瀾怒涛 きょうらんどとう Listen maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil
    • 疾風怒濤 しっぷうどとう Listen storm and stress; Sturm und Drang

  • Tattoo check: 怒

    • Verified meaning: to be angry
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いかり)
    • Also carries these associations: intense, to strive
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 怒

    Surnames 怒(いかり)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    angry; be offended

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    anger, rage, passion; angry

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    anger, passion, rage

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Anger. Feeling something hateful and bursting forth. Colloquially also called "losing one's temper." Being like thunder in swiftness, it's called 震怒. Mostly said of distinguished persons. | To surge. Vigorous and unstoppable energy. Such as 怒潮, 怒馬, 草木怒生. Anciently used as 努 in 努力. Read in Rising tone.

  • Onyomi

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    do(ド) ド

    nu(ヌ) ヌ

  • Kunyomi

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    ika.ru(いか-る) いか-る

    oko.ru(お-こる) お-こる

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to be angry intense to strive anger encouragement intensity fury rage wrath indignation ire furious incensed irate livid exasperation resentment irritation temper mad

Sentences including 怒

  • She is mad at you.

  • It is quite natural that he should be angry.

  • He got out of the room in anger.

  • His letter made her angry.

  • Don't shout.

  • You have good reason to be angry.

  • Getting excited is not at all the same as getting angry.

  • So angry was he.

  • He often makes people angry.

  • At forty , he does not get as angry as he used to.

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